Bibliograph

Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio, Guy, Susan M

Type

Label

Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio, Guy, Susan M

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Guy, Susan M

Series statement

True Crime

Summary

"Guy is not only a historian but a longtime police officer in Ohio, bringing firsthand knowledge of the criminal justice system" to the Phantom Killer tale (Crime Capsule). Prohibition ended on December 5, 1933, and Steubenville hoped that its reputation as "Little Chicago" would end with it. That hope was short-lived when, eight weeks later, the Phantom Killer made his midnight debut. Under the glow of a full moon, in the mill yards of Steubenville's Wheeling Steel Plant, the killer ambushed a rail worker, shooting him five times. The Steubenville Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff's Department and Wheeling Steel Mill Police joined forces in the New Year to find the Phantom before he took another victim. The strongest of millworkers on the midnight shift began to arm themselves, wondering who would be next. As the investigation wore on, Steubenville was once again thrust into the national spotlight as the Phantom's reign of terror continued. Local historian Susan M. Guy delves into one of the city's most infamous crimes

Target audience

adult

Classification